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2 Kings 4:17

Elisha
JoyGod's faithfulnessParents and children

15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
KJV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
WEB
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
ASV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
DARBY
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.
BLB
And the woman conceived and bore a son at this appointed time of life that Elisha had spoken to her.
ÅB
Og kvinnen ble fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn det følgende år nettopp på den tid som Elisa hadde sagt henne.
OTB
Men kvinnen ble gravid og fødte en sønn på den tiden året etter, akkurat som Elisja hadde sagt til henne.
B1930
Og kvinnen blev fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn det følgende år nettop på den tid som Elisa hadde sagt henne.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 21:1

    And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

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  • Luke 1:36

    And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

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  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

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  • Hebrews 11:11

    Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:19–20

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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  • Luke 1:24–25

    And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

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